Climate twins of Wray, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wray's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.

Rank 1 closest
Coolidge, KS
similarity distance: 1.296 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Holly, CO
similarity distance: 1.296 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Granada, CO
similarity distance: 1.296 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Wray vs its climate twin

Top match: Coolidge, KS

Month Wray Coolidge
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 43.2°F 15.5°F 0.43 in 45.7°F 15.3°F 0.39 in
February 45.8°F 17.7°F 0.59 in 49.7°F 18.1°F 0.34 in
March 56.3°F 25.7°F 0.80 in 60.2°F 26.3°F 0.88 in
April 64.0°F 33.4°F 1.88 in 68.3°F 34.3°F 1.45 in
May 73.2°F 44.8°F 2.88 in 77.9°F 45.8°F 2.16 in
June 84.9°F 55.5°F 2.33 in 89.1°F 56.2°F 2.51 in
July 90.7°F 61.1°F 3.43 in 93.4°F 62.7°F 2.99 in
August 88.2°F 58.7°F 2.47 in 90.6°F 60.9°F 2.89 in
September 80.7°F 48.8°F 1.22 in 83.1°F 51.0°F 1.18 in
October 67.2°F 35.1°F 1.37 in 70.5°F 36.9°F 1.33 in
November 54.0°F 24.2°F 0.59 in 57.0°F 24.2°F 0.61 in
December 43.8°F 16.1°F 0.40 in 46.2°F 15.2°F 0.52 in

How this is computed

Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →